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Nathan Bliss & Lewis Barton

FIFA 23 FUT Hero pack confirmed release time as pre-order bonus distributed

Players who pre-ordered the FIFA 23 Ultimate Edition on console or PC will receive a free untradeable World Cup FUT Hero Player Item this evening.

EA Sports will release the FIFA 23 Path to Glory promo later today, featuring an abundance of FUT World Cup content ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. There's set to be at least one FIFA 23 Ultimate Team promo squad released, with a World Cup Swaps program, SBCs and objectives set to be confirmed too.

Those who pre-ordered the FIFA 23 Ultimate Edition on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X and PC, before August 21, 2022, are set to receive a free untradeable World Cup FUT Hero player item, with EA Sports highlighting this item as one of the main benefits for pre-ordering the Ultimate Edition of the game.

As per EA Sports' official offer terms and conditions page, the FIFA World Cup FUT Hero Player Item is due to be available to eligible players from November 11, 2022 at 6pm GMT.

Here are all the possible FIFA World Cup FUT Hero player items that you could obtain from the free pack.

  • ST: Diego Forlán (91 OVR)
  • ST: Rudi Völler (91 OVR)
  • CB: Lúcio (90 OVR)
  • ST: JP Papin (90 OVR)
  • ST: Tomas Brolin (89 OVR)
  • CDM: Javier Mascherano (89 OVR)
  • CAM: Jay-Jay Okocha (89 OVR)
  • CDM: Rafa Márquez (89 OVR)
  • CB: R Carvalho (89 OVR)
  • CDM: Yaya Touré (89 OVR)
  • CAM: S Al-Owairan (88 OVR)
  • LB: Joan Capdevila (88 OVR)
  • RM: Landon Donovan 88 OVR
  • LW: Harry Kewell (88 OVR)
  • RM: Dirk Kuyt (88 OVR)
  • CM: Claudio Marchisio (88 OVR)
  • CAM: Hidetoshi Nakata (88 OVR)
  • ST: Ebi Smolarek (88 OVR)
  • CAM: Sidney Govou (87 OVR)
  • CAM: Park Ji-Sung (87 OVR)
  • ST: Peter Crouch (86 OVR)

Other rewards that were included in the FIFA 23 Ultimate Edition included an untradeable Ones to Watch player item, 4600 FIFA Points, an untradeable TOTW 1 player item, a 5-match Kylian Mbappe loan item and a 3-match FUT Ambassador loan player pick item.

Following the launch of the 2022 World Cup mode in FIFA 23 on Wednesday, EA Sports has since confirmed that a new promo event called Path to Glory will launch in FIFA 23 Ultimate Team on Friday, November 11 at 6pm GMT, which will kick off weeks of World Cup content on FIFA 23 Ultimate Team.

There's expected to be a brand new Path to Glory FUT 23 promo squad, with some World Cup Star FUT 23 items also set to be released, either in a promo squad or as objectives or SBCs.

FIFA 23 is developed by EA Vancouver and EA Romania and is now available worldwide on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

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